That’s my excuse for getting this done so late today — along with another billion people, we had some important watching-the-world-cup-final to do at our house. It was very exciting, especially after it went into extra innings and everything. (And Andrew thought one needs an ulterior motive to post about soccer/football! — he finds an interesting insight to comment on nonetheless.)

There was big news this week on the same-sex-marriage front! A federal judge has justruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional! Meanwhile the LDS First Presidency sent a letter to Argentina, opposing same-sex marriage. (Plus, we have a couple more comingout stories.) Meanwhile, Maureen — despite being in love with her husband and planning to stay together with him — is planning toget divorced in solidarity with the gay couples who don’t have the right to marry!